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Ariane 5 Mission: arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/VA241-launchkit-EN2.pdf
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NASA's GOLD: appel.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Managing-Partners-and-Resources.pdf
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200 Days Simulating Lunar Life? Chinese Say "Yes, Please"

China is pretty darn serious about putting people on the moon. It has the training program to prove it. To help prepare people for the arduous task of lunar travel, Chinese students on the campus of Beihang University in Beijing recently underwent 200 continuous days in a “lunar lab.” This in order to simulate what it might be during an extended stay on the moon. The four volunteers spent six-and-a-half months living in the 1,720-square-foot “Yuegong-1” cabin.
Prior to the four volunteers entering the facility for 200 days, it was occupied by two men and two women. They had stayed for 60 days. Now that the four who stayed for 200 days have departed, the original four will return for an additional 105 days.
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Where Will The Falling Space Station Hit?

A defunct Chinese space station is expected to plunge to Earth from its orbital perch in late March.
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A set of remote sensing satellites were launched into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday. The rocket used to propel the satellites was the Long March 2C carrier; this marked the 260th mission using rockets in the Long March series. The satellites were able to effectively enter their preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a resounding success. As the third batch of the Yaogan-30 project, the satellites will conduct electromagnetic environmental probes and perform other experiments as well.

Long March 3B Rocket

China successfully launched a communications satellite into a preset orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan early Monday, as part of a contract for design, construction and launch of the satellite for Algeria. Alcomsat-1, Algeria first communications satellite, was launched 40 minutes after midnight by a Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket, making it the 258th flight mission for the Long March rocket series. The satellite, built for a 15-year service life, was the first cooperative project in aerospace industry between the two countries. It will be used by Algeria for television broadcast, emergency communication, distance education, e-governance, enterprise communication services, broadband Internet and satellite-based navigation.

Long March 2C Rocket

China launched a group of remote sensing satellites Saturday on a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellites entered the orbit as designed. The satellites will form a network to conduct electromagnetic probes and experiments in related technologies. This is the 256th mission of the Long March rocket family.

Cubesats

GomX-4B, ESA’s latest and largest technology-testing CubeSat, will be launched from China early next year, together with the near-identical GomX-4A. The pair will test intersatellite communication links and propulsion while orbiting up to 4500 km apart.The cereal box-sized GomX-4B has been passed as ready to travel along with its twin from manufacturer GomSpace in Denmark in early December to begin launch preparations in China. The majority of tests were made at GomSpace and other facilities in Denmark, apart from thermal–vacuum testing – ensuring that the CubeSats can withstand the hard vacuum and temperature extremes of low orbit – which took place at ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands. CubeSats are nanosatellites based on standardised 10x10 cm units. GomX-4B is a ‘6-unit’ CubeSat, double the size of its predecessor GomX-3, which was released from the International Space Station in 2015.

Long March 6 Rocket

China launched three remote sensing satellites on Tuesday from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The three satellites -- Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06 -- carried cameras designed to improve observation capability to promote commercial use for the remote sensing industry. It was the third launch of the Jilin-1 satellite family, a remote sensing system of more than 60 satellites developed by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. The system will be used for wide imaging, video imaging and multi-spectral imaging. Remote sensing data will serve administrations and commercial customers. Tuesday's satellites were carried by a Long March 6 rocket, a new generation of China's liquid-fueled carrier rocket developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The launch is the second mission of the Long March 6 and the 255th flight carried out with the Long-March series of carrier rockets.

SpacePod: China's upcoming reusable space plane

China sets its sights on a reusable space plane in 2020. Not a lot is known about their program yet, but the details are enticing. Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut brings us more!
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China to Launch Reusable Spacecraft in 2020

China plans to launch its reusable spacecraft in 2020, according to an announcement by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Oct. 31.

China In Space

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, southwest China. It consists of a fixed 500 m diameter dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape. It is the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope, and the second-largest single-dish aperture after the sparsely-filled RATAN-600 in Russia.
Yutu is an unmanned lunar rover that formed part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched at on 1 December 2013, and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013. The mission marks the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976 and the first rover to operate there since the Soviet Lunokhod 2 ceased operations on 11 May 1973.
QUESS is a proof-of-concept mission designed to facilitate quantum optics experiments over long distances to allow the development of quantum encryption and quantum teleportation technology. Quantum encryption uses the principle of entanglement to facilitate communication that is totally safe against eavesdropping, let alone decryption, by a third party.
The Chinese large modular space station, is a planned space station to be placed in Low Earth orbit. The planned Chinese Space Station will be roughly one-sixth the mass of the International Space Station and half the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir Space Station. The Chinese station is expected to have a mass between 60 and 70 metric tons. Operations will be controlled from the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center in China. The planned launch date of the core module, the Tianhe-1 ('Harmony of the Heavens'), is around 2019. In 2017, the Chinese launched the Tianzhou-1 ('Heavenly Vessel') cargo spaceship, which is based on the Tiangong 1 & 2 space laboratories.

Long March-2D launches VRSS-2 satellite (Antonio José de Sucre)

A Long March-2D launch vehicle (Chang Zheng-2D) launched the VRSS-2 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 9 October 2017, at 04:06 UTC. The VRSS-2 will be primarily used by Venezuela for land resources survey, environmental protection, disaster monitoring and management, crop yield estimation and city planning.
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China has launched three remote sensing satellites on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Yaogan-30 satellites are now in orbit and will conduct experiments including electromagnetic probes. The launch is flight mission number 251 of the Long March rocket family.
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Jeff Manber discusses China's space program and technology

CGTN's Elaine Reyes spoke with Jeff Manber, CEO of Nanoracks, about space technology in China and the country's space program.

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China’s space industry has developed rapidly and the space activities have played increasingly a more and more important role in China’s economic and social development.This plenary will bring together distinguished experts from local and abroad to introduce China’s developments in major space program, including manned spaceflight, lunar exploration, the Beidou Navigation System and high-resolution earth observation system, and substantial achievements in space science, technology and applications, and addresses.This plenary will also address China’s major future tasks and key areas for future cooperation and envision China’s comprehensive plan in the future. The plenary will also address international cooperation for a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of world’s space industry.

China space program: students live in lab for 200 days to prepare for moon mission - TomoNews

BEIJING — Four Chinese students have volunteered to live in a sealed laboratory in Beijing for 200 days to test a self-sustaining ecosystem in preparation for China’s upcoming manned moon mission.
The laboratory, known as Lunar Palace 1, has an area of 160 square meters and consists of one integrated module, which houses living facilities, and two plant cultivation modules. Four students from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics entered the laboratory on Sunday.
Plants and silkworms are being grown inside the Lunar Palace to provide food for the crew. Oxygen is generated by the plants, which are fertilized by the crew’s waste. It is the first bioregenerative life-support base developed in China, and third in the world.
One of the main objectives of the experiment is to determine the mental impact of living in a confined space for an extended duration, and living without sunlight for a period of time.
"They can become a bit depressed. If you spend a long time in this type of environment it can create some psychological problems,” Liu Hong, a professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the project's principal architect told Channel News Asia.
The project is known as the Lunar Palace 365 experiment. The first batch of volunteers lived in the lab for 60 days. The third batch will live in the lab for 105 days, taking the duration of the experiment to a full 365 days.
China plans to send the first probe to the dark side of the moon by 2018, and has plans for a manned moon mission by 2036.
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China's launch of Long March-5 Y2 rocket fails

The second launch of China's heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5, on Sunday was unsuccessful.
The rocket started to malfunction shortly after take-off, but the abnormality that led to the mission's failure was not immediately clear.
An undergoing investigation into the cause of the failure will produce results in the next few days, it was reported.
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What's really out there? China is helping us find out.
On September 2016, China unveiled the world's largest radio telescope, and has started test operations searching for signals to understand the origins of the universe and the Big Bang.
This 500 metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, has been constructed over 5 years in a 45 million year old crater in Southern China. The remote location is highly unlikely location to be affected by flooding, and far from human interference which may affect the telescope's readings.
The 500m dish surpasses Arecibo radio telescope, leaving it in second place as the Chinese telescope is 3 times more sensitive in detecting radio waves thousands of light years away.
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A brief history of China's first astronauts

It’s only been 14 years since China sent its first astronauts to space, but a lot has been accomplished in that short time. Learn more about China's Shenzhou missions and its brave astronauts pioneering the final frontier.
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French astronaut sends greetings from outer space to Chinese counterpart

A French astronaut from the European Space Agency, Thomas Pesquet, has sent a greeting video for his Chinese counterpart Jing Haipeng from the International Space Station. He spoke highly about space cooperation between China and Europe, and expressed hope the friendship will live forever.
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Kaituozhe-2 Rocket

China on Friday launched an experiment satellite, 'TK-1', from its northwestern Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The TK-1 satellite is the first of its kind independently developed by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) and will be used for remote sensing, telecommunications and experiments in mini-satellite-based technologies. A KT-2 carrier rocket blasted off the launch center at 7:53 a.m. local time with the experiment satellite. The satellite has already been sent into orbit. The KT-2 carrier rocket belongs to one of the five carrier systems of the CASIC commercial space programs. It features high adaptability and payload capacity, according to the CASIC. U.S. Space Surveillance detected two objects related to this launch, one in a 374 by 404-Kilometer orbit at an inclination of 96.9 degrees (presumably the TK-1 satellite) and the other in a lower orbit of 214 by 399 Kilometers, inclined 96.7° (presumably the rocket’s upper stage after performing an altitude reduction to speed up its orbital decay). Over the past two years, China introduced a total of five new rockets – three new additions to the country’s Long March series that builds the backbone of China’s space architecture and two solid-fueled rockets optimized for cost-effective satellite deliveries into Low Earth Orbit. Friday's mission stood out as virtually no details on the launch were released beforehand. Kaituozhe, Chinese for ‘Explorer,’ represents a family of orbital launch vehicles developed by the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) dating back to 2000 when development of the KT-1 rocket began based on the Dong Feng-31 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

Chinese Astronaut Says He Heard A Strange Knocking Sound While In Space

A Chinese astronaut has reported hearing a strange “knocking” sound in space –
and no one is quite sure what it is.
The phenomenon was brought to light by Yang Liwei, who became China’s first
astronaut (known as a “taikonaut”) on October 16, 2003.
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Leroy Chiao discusses the FAST radio giant telescope and CHINA space program

To discuss about the FAST radio giant telescope and the Chinese space program, CGTN’s Elaine Reyes spoke to Leroy Chiao, Former NASA Astronaut.

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Over the recent years, China has stepped up their space game. The CEO of Space Angels Network, Chad Anderson, explains how China could rival with the leading forces in space explorations.
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Preparation for China's lunar probe Chang'e 5 underway

China space program 2016: PRC to send probes to Mars, Jupiter and far side of Moon - TomoNews

BEIJING — China this week published a white paper detailing the country’s activities in space for the next half-decade and beyond.
According to state-run newspaper the Global Times, the Chinese government plans to launch and land probes on Mars and the moon by 2020. The lunar mission is set for 2018 and, if successful, would see the first ever probe being landed on the far side of the moon.
China also plans on robotically exploring the Moon’s north and south poles, reported the Planetary Society, citing Wu Yanhua, deputy administrator of the China National Space Administration.
China’s Mars mission is slated for 2020. China plans to send a lander, rover and orbiter to Mars all in one go. There, China aims to collect samples from the planet and transport them to Earth by 2030.
Other plans include the exploration of an asteroid and the Jupiter system, with the latter expected to take place in the next 10 to 15 years, reported the Financial Times, citing Wu.
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China Chang’e 4: wants to rival NASA with mission to Mars.

China Chang’e 4: wants to rival NASA with mission to Mars.
The China National Space Administration its version of NASA has outlined an ambitious five-year plan to become a leader in the international space race. The country hopes to land two probes on the moon by 2018, and launch an exploratory mission to Mars by 2020. China’s Chang’e 4 lunar mission is scheduled to launch in 2018 and aims to be the first-ever probe to explore the moon’s “far” side the area that never faces Earth. Satellites have photographed this hemisphere since 1959, when the then-Soviet Union’s Luna 3 captured the first images, but there’s yet to be a spacecraft (or an astronaut) to land on its surface.
Before Chang’e 4 launches, China has another probe, the Chang’5, which will dig and collect samples on the moon’s surface. The Chang’e 5 is scheduled to launch sometime in 2017. Our overall goal is that, by around 2030, China will be among the major space powers of the world,” Yanhua said. China was considered a latecomer to the space race, compared to exploration heavyweights like the US and Russia. It didn’t send up its first satellite until a year after NASA’s historic Apollo 11 mission, and the aforementioned Chang’e 3 was its first probe on the moon.
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China launched a weather satellite at 00:11 on Sunday, marking an upgrade of China's meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit. The Fengyun-4 satellite is the first of China's second-generation weather satellites in geostationary orbit. It is also the country's first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in high orbit. The satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, was taken into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The launch marked the 242nd mission of China's Long March series of rockets. The satellite will make high time, spatial and spectral resolution observations of the atmosphere, clouds and space environment of China and surrounding regions, significantly improving capabilities of weather and climate forecasts, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The China Meteorological Administration is the primary user of the satellite.

China sends new-generation weather satellite into space

China launched the first of its second-generation meteorological satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province on Sunday. The Fengyun-4 is an upgrade on previous meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit and is also the country's first quantitative remote-sensing device in high orbit.
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China’s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, claims to have heard unexplained knocking sounds while in space. The flight occurred in 2003, but he recently recounted the experience to Chinese media.

China Launches Tianlian I-04 Satellite

China successfully launched the Tianlian I-04 satellite on Tuesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
According to the center, the satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 23:24 Beijing time.
"So far, all the parameters are all correct, and the whole process is going according to schedule. The rocket blasted off at the expected time. It was very successful, and we can give full marks to the launch site.," said Li Benqi, deputy director of the center's planning department.
Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology Department under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite will join its three predecessors to achieve global network operation.
The center expects the network to provide data relay, measurement and control services for China's manned spacecraft, space labs and space stations.
The network will also offer data relay services for the country's medium- and low-Earth orbiting resource satellites, as well as measurement and control support for spacecraft launches.
China launched its first data relay satellite, the Tianlian I-01, in April, 2008. The second satellite was launched in July, 2011, and the third was launched in July 2012.
Since China's first experimental communications satellite was launched at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in 1984, the center has already sent more than 100 spacecraft into space, including over 20 Beidou navigation satellites, and the country's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1.
"The launching of the Long March-3C carrier rocket is one of over 100 launch missions at our Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This is not just a jump in quantity, but also a progress in quality. It is an important sign, marking the overall improvement of China's strength in aerospace projects. It has also laid solid foundation for more sustained development of China's space probe," said Wu Weiqi, deputy director of the launch center.
According to the center, 10 or more satellites will be launched at the center in 2017.
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Long March-7 Rocket Starts Journey to South China's Launch Center

The Long March 7 or CZ-7 within China, originally Long March 2F/H or Chang Zheng 2F/H, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, developed by the China .
China's new-generation medium-sized rocket, Long March-7, departed Tianjin port for a launch center in south China's Hainan Province on Sunday. The rocket .
China has started to assemble a new generation of heavy-lift rocket Long March-5, which is scheduled for launch later this year. The rocket has a liftoff weight of .
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Chinese greetings from space

Astronauts on Chinese space station Tiangong-2 greet ESA and Thomas Pesquet. This video was recorded inside the Chinese space station Tiangong-2 by astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong. The duo landed safely on Earth on 18 November after spending a month orbiting Earth. A few hours before their descent, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet was launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
ESA’s Director of Human Spaceflight, David Parker, noted, “Human spaceflight provides many opportunities to increase international cooperation, and the interaction between the Astronaut Centre of China and the European Astronaut Centre is already creating positive experiences on which to build for the future.”
A cheesecake created by French chef Alain Ducasse for Thomas Pesquet’s six-month mission on the International Space Station was sent to the Chinese astronauts.
Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu, who trained with the astronauts in this video, took part in ESA’s underground course this summer.

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong arrived in Beijing on Friday night after more than a month in space.
Jing was the first to be helped out of the plane and waved to the crowd waiting for him at the Xijiao Military airport. Chen followed him. They were all helped getting off the plane on soft chairs as they were still to adapt to the gravity after spending 30 days in space.
They were warmly received by officials, military officers and the families of the two astronauts.
They were all in good conditions.
"Returned Safe and Sound, Instructions please!, Astronaut Jing Haipeng," Jing said to Zhang Youxia, Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program, who were at the airport to see them.
With the help of medical staff and other assistants, the astronauts left the airport for the Beijing Aerospace City.
"Up till now, the Shenzhou-11 flight testing team has completed all the testing and experiments, all the tasks assigned to them," he said.
The return capsule and the two astronauts returned to Earth on Friday afternoon and landed in the central part of Inner Mongolia.
Shenzhou-11 is China's sixth manned spacecraft and the country's longest space mission to date. After its launch on Oct 17, the spacecraft docked two days later with China's first space lab, Tiangong-2.
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Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, the Chinese astronauts who stayed in space for 33 days and conducted various experiments in the space lab Tiangong-2, have been filmed exiting the spacecraft Shenzhou-11 shortly after its landing in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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How Chinese astronauts spend a day in space? Find out

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have sent their last journal from space before returning to Earth. They and fellow astronaut Wang Yaping, who went to space in 2013, have described a typical day in space. Find out in this video.

Reentry Module of China's Shenzhou-11 Back Home

The reentry module of Shenzhou-11 returned and landed safely in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at about 13:59 Friday Beijing Time.
The two Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong opened the hatch and the ground search team members reported that the astronauts were safe and sound.
After separating from the spacecraft's orbiting capsule at noon Friday, the return capsule entered the return orbit.
The main parachute of the return capsule was successfully let out and the capsule landed sideways.
The return capsule was found by the ground search team in the main landing area at 14:07, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Zhang Youxia announced the success of the Shenzhou-11 mission.
Shenzhou-11 was China's sixth manned spacecraft, and also the country's longest mission to date. After its launch on Oct. 17, the spacecraft docked two days later with China's first space lab, Tiangong-2, where the two astronauts lived for 30 days.
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China astronauts return from space station after month-long stay

Two Chinese astronauts have returned from a month-long stay at the country's space station.

Chinese vice premier congratulates Shenzhou-11 astronauts and crew

China’s manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 successfully touched down on Earth at 13:59 BJT on Friday in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after 33 days in space. The Commander-in-chief Zhang Youxia declared the mission a success, while Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli read a congratulatory letter from the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission to the astronauts and crew involved in the Shenzhou-11 manned space mission.
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Shenzhou-11 astronauts return to Earth

#Live: Two Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-11 space mission return to Earth. Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong embarked on the space trip aboard the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft on Oct. 17. They have lived and worked in the Tiangong-2 space lab for 30 days, the longest-ever stay in Earth orbit by Chinese astronauts.
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Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 comes home today

The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 has separated from the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab, in preparation for its return to Earth. The two astronauts on board were in Tiangong-2 for 30 days. This is the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts.
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Two Chinese astronauts are on their way back to Earth. Click to find out what dangers they face

Launch and re-entry are often regarded as the two most hazardous phases of a space mission, with even the smallest mistake having potentially catastrophic consequences. Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have finished their work in the Tiangong-2 space lab and are on their way back to Earth in the Shenzou-11 spacecraft. Click to find out what kind of dangers they face during their journey back.
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Chinese astronauts to return home after longest-ever space mission

Two astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft are getting ready to head back home. Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have packed, said thanks to their ground team in a video message, and bid farewell to the Tiangong-2 spacelab. They were settled into the return capsule by noon Thursday and are set to land in Inner Mongolia sometime Friday.
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